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Decubiti ulcer system

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-03-01
ROWES JAY RONALD +2
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[0016]Some embodiments of this invention are a procedure for preventing Decubiti ulcers on patients, comprising the steps of placing the patient on a web adapted to support the patient, the web having a patient contacting portion and a non-patient contacting portion, using a web support system adapted to support the web by attachment only to the non-patient contacting portion, to solely support the web with a patient on it, and using a rocking device that acts through the web support system to selectively tilt the web and thereby to tilt the patient on the patient contact portion of the web, so that the pressure between the patient and the web is cyclically altered.

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A Decubiti ulcer / pressure sore / bed sore is formed when a reduction in capillary blood flow within the human tissue results in pressure from weight or bone in a patient that is unable to change position over a prolonged period of time resulting in necrosis; ulceration and inability to self heal.
Decubiti ulcers are an extremely serious condition.
The ulcer itself can cause the patient extreme discomfort.
Furthermore, the other ulcer or ulcer itself can have significant medical complications because it can result in serious and irreversible tissue destruction.
In addition, the open sore aspect of the ulcer and its direct exposure to bedding that itself may be soaked with urine, fecal matter, and other bodily fluids can easily result in secondary infections including developing strains of antibiotic resistance bacteria and virus forms.
These complications can be very destructive and even fatal, especially in transplant patients with suppressed immune systems or other patients with suppressed immune systems.
Medical management of Decubiti ulcers is very challenging.
Because the presence medical management of Decubiti ulcers is currently an entirely manual operation, imposing huge physical and time burdens on nursing staff, and because the constant changing of soiled bedding increases the laundry management load, the management of Decubiti ulcers places on an enormous burden on the facility in which the patient resides.
In facilities and in situations where economic and staffing issues become significant, there is a very high likelihood that constantly maintaining the highest standard of care in connection with Decubiti ulcers can be impossible, as a practical matter.

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[0022]The device, generally denominated in the figures by the 10, we have developed for Decubiti ulcer patients (such as the patient 11 shown in dashed lines in FIG. 1 and solid lines in the other figures) will rotate a patient 11, preferably, at least every 2 hours, mechanically and automatically, on a disposable pad or web 20 that will allow a hole 21 to be cut in the pad underlying the area of ulceration 22 to further minimize any pressure, maximize air flow for healing, and decrease the risk of infection.

[0023]The preferred embodiment of the invention is a hammock-like device that can be installed over and around a hospital bed 12. The fundamental concept of this system to assist patients with or at risk of getting Decubiti ulcers is to raise the patient's body from a bed mattress 13, position the body 11 (as viewed from hip to hip) at an angle from the horizontal (up to 90 degrees, but typically not more than 25-30 degrees), to provide the patient with this support while lying ...

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A system and procedure for preventing and enhancing healing of Decubiti ulcers on patients, comprising the steps of placing the patient on a web adapted to support the patient, the web having a patient contacting portion and a non-patient contacting portion, the web having an opening through the web, positioned so that the opening surrounds the ulcer and prevents contact of the web with the ulcer, and using a web support system adapted to support the web by attachment only to the non-patient contacting portion, to solely support the web with a patient on it. The procedure may also include a step wherein a rocking device is used that acts through the web support system to selectively tilt the web and thereby to tilt the patient on the patient contact portion of the web, so that the pressure between the patient and the web is cyclically altered.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. section 119(e) of U.S. provisional patent application No. 60 / 978,981 filed Oct. 10, 2007, all of which is hereby incorporated by reference.STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT[0002]This invention has been created without the sponsorship or funding of any federally sponsored research or development program.REFERENCE TO SEQUENCE LISTING, A TABLE, OR A COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTING COMPACT DISK APPENDIX[0003]Not applicable.THE FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0004]This invention involves a system for treatment of decubiti ulcers.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0005]A Decubiti ulcer / pressure sore / bed sore is formed when a reduction in capillary blood flow within the human tissue results in pressure from weight or bone in a patient that is unable to change position over a prolonged period of time resulting in necrosis; ulceration and inability to self heal.[0006]Decubiti ulcers are an...

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IPC IPC(8): A47B7/00A61G5/00
CPCA61G7/001A61G7/05723
Inventor ROWES, JAY RONALDWINSOR, MALCOLM C.ZLOTEK, DAVID A.
Owner ROWES JAY RONALD
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